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WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 20
Every tvord that God puts into your
heart for another will find some one
readx to receive it.
—FRANCIS E. CLARK.
ROTARIANS SUPPORT HOTEL
THE endorsement of the new hotel
project by the Harrisburg Ro
tary Club brings to the support
of that movement the brains and ener
gies of one of the livest organizations
in the city; an organization with a
long line of successes to look hack
upon and not one failure. The club
numbers within Its membership many
men capable of subscribing generously
to the stock of the new enterprise, but
aside from that the club has the con
fidence of the public and its influence
reaches far beyond its membership, so
that the committee to be named to
co-operate with the hotel committee
of the Chamber of Commerce will be
able to bring into the hotel company
many who otherwise might not be
come interested.
The Rotarians will never regret
their action. They thereby have iden
tified their organization with an un
dertaking that will reflect credit upon '
everybody connected therewith. A
new hotel is essential if Harrisburg is
to advance in the future us it has in
the past fifteen years, and it Is like
Harrisburg to go about meeting their
need in the spirit of neighborhood co
operation that has characterized every
important development the city has
experienced since the first public im
provement loan was advocated.
But aside from that, the new hotel
promises to be a business proposition
of a very substantial nature. Men
noted for their ability to make money
have put much into it. They do not.
however, look upon their subscriptions
merely as contributions to the welfare
of the city, but in the light of profit
earning investments. They invite
others In on the same basis. The
hotel does not propose to pay interest
on an immense fond issue, but to turn
its earnings into dividends for its
owners. It is not often that the busi
nessman has an opportunity to benefit
his city, help his own business and
make what promises to be a profitable
investment all at one and the same
time.
A few men have started the enter
prise. It remains for the great mass
of patriotic Harrisburg citizens to
put it through. The hotel should be
a Harrisburg Institution In every
sense of the word and the -fray to
make it so is for every Harrisburger
with SSO or more to invest to go into
the company now forming. With the
Rotary Club and the Chamber of
Commerce pulling together tljere
should be no difficulty in raising the
round million dollars desired.
Charles M. Schwab will find the hos
pitality of Harrisburg quite as warm
hearted as its energy and public spirit.
THE FALL OPENING
YOU owe it to yourself and to the
business men of the city to attend
the Fall opening this evening.
The merchants have spent the past
week preparing for your entertain
ment. They have searched the mar
kets for the most desirable merchan
dise. They have decked their stores
and their windows In the best their
shops afford. They have turned the
shopping districts into great merchan
dising bazars, to which you are per
son? lly ln\lted as the guest of honor.
Hsirlsburg in the past ten years has
progressed wonderfully in many direc
tions, but In none more than in the
development of its stores. The old.
dimly-lighted, poorly-ventilated store
room and display window have given
•way to the modern, metropolitan shop
and store front. Window dressing has
become a fine art. New methods of
lighting have helped wonderfully In
turning night into day In the business
district. Our shopping centers always
look well, but they will be doubly at
tractive to-night under the stimulus of
friendly competlUon that has
prompted merchants In their endeavors
to outdo each other In decorating
their places of business.
The exhibition of mercantile enter
prise will be well worth seeing. It was
made for you. Don't miss it.
This city has been particularly fa
vored In organizations of men and wo
men who are giving of their time and
energy and intelligent thought to the
promotion of plans for the general Wf;l-
fare of the community. Yet it is a que*,
tion sometimes whether the general
public realizes to what extent these as
sociations are contributing to the hap
piness and prosperity and health of the
entire population out of a pure sense
of For Instance, In the recent
Xlpona. the Jovian League, composed of
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
electrical engineers of the city, was
responsible for one of the most attrac
tive features of the river carnival, and
this same organization Is going to have
a big part in the Kipona of 1917. The
same may be said of the Harrisburg
Light and Power Company and other
organizations.
Tn.\T WEST SHORE HIGH SCHOOL
THE West Shore communities are
going forward by leaps and
bounds. Camp Hill is going
to pave Its main thoroughfare. East
Pennsboro township and Enola are
putting up new schools and scores of
handsome homes are being built. But
by far the most important step taken
in recent years was the decision last
night to place before the voters of tho
central boroughs and townships the
proposal to erect a Joint high school.
The success of this movement will
mean much to every property owner
and everybody residing in the district
affected who has children of school
age. Lack of proper school facilities
has held back the 'cross river com
munities more than any one other
thing. That handicap removed and
Harrisburg will have to look to Its
laurels.
It is surprising that all of the towns
comprising what has come to bo
known as the West Shore group have
not come into the movement. Certain
it is that all who remain out will one
day wish they had joined at the be
ginning.
Senator Oscar Underwood predicts
the election of Wilson. He says tho
American people appreciate the Presi
dent's constructive legislation, whlcn
includes the Underwood tariff act that
would have had the country covered
with soup houses long ago but for the
unexpected prosperity of the European
war.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED
EVEN Pittsburgh is getting ready
to abate its smoke nuisance and
the inspiration of such a move
ment in the Smoky City ought not to
be lost upon Harrisburg at this time.
What is known In Pittsburgh as "The
Smoke and Dust Abatement League,"
made up of twelve educational and
civic organizations, began this week a
careful survey of the countless stacks
and chimneys in the Pittsburgh manu
facturing district in preparation for
the first smoke abatement week, which
will be observed beginning October 23.
This movement is headed by the chief
mechanical engineer of the arsenal
station of the Federal Bureau of Mines
and its object Is to impress upon the
users of coal the necessity of Improved
methods in fuel consumption to the
end that smoke be lessened and addi
tional power gained.
As emphasizing the work of the
league, there will be public meetings
addressed by smoke experts from lead
ing cities and it is confidently expected
that the results will still further im- 1
prove the conditions, which are in- '
finitely better because of an anti-smoke
movement several year ago.
Harrisburg has suffered greatly from
smoke and soot since the big anthra
cite coal strike a few years ago. Pre
vious to that time comparatively little
soft coal was used in the city, but it Is
a lamentable fact that now many pri
vate owners of apartment houses, fac
tories and even private dwelling houses
are using the soft fuel.
Public utilities cannot always be
reached in matters of this sort, but
there is no reason for a continuance
of a nuisance which is simply a meas
ure of economy for one element of the
community at the expense of the other.
After nightfall in Harrisburg the
belching chimneys send a pall of soot
all over the city and the resultant
effect upon buildings ana homes Is a
subject of general complaint.
If Pittsburgh can so greatly reduce
this nuisance, it ought to be an easy
matter for Harrisburgto almost abolish
the trouble. For years it was supposed
that most of the smoke and soot came
from the railroad engines, but this
theory has been exploded by an in
vestigation which demonstrates that a
small percentage of smoke Is traceable
to the locomotives. At least 80 or 90
per cent, comes from factories and
plants, apartment houses and private
residences.
We can think of no greater work for
the Harrisburg Civic Club than a con
crete attack upon the smoke and soot
that is now causing so much loss
and discomfort throughout Harrisburg.
It isn't necessary and it ought to be
abolished.
Wilkes-Barre hopes that Governor
Brumbaugh may be successful when he
reaches that city to-morrow night in
restoring order in the distracted
Wyoming Valley. For almost a year
the trolley and Jitney controversy has
upset the peace and order of the val
ley.
A WORD TO THE MAYOR
WHILE Mayor Meals is giving
his thought to improvement of
traffic conditions, may we re
spectfully suggest that the one-way
plan for Third and Fourth streets be
tween Walnut and Chestnut would be a
still further step in the right direction?
His ordinance requiring the dimming
of headlights is generally approved as
a measure of safety and comfort.
Perhaps a few petitions, with thou
sands of names affixed thereon, would
have some weight with certain munici
pal officials who imagine that the Im
provement of the Susquehanna Basin
the River Front is unnecessary.
. MORE ACTION; I.ESS TALK
WHETHER or not the ornamen
tal lighting for Federal Square
or North Third street or the
riprapping of the River Front or any
other project which has been hanging
fire all summer shall be authorized by
City Council, it would seem only fair
to the people of Harrisburg that dilly
dallying on these matters should
cease.
One of the weaknesses of the com
mission form of government is that the
administrative heads also constitute
the legislative body and as a result the
everlasting log-rolling and confc-rVing
and side-stepping involve IOHM of valu
able time with the likelihood of need
less damages and expenses. Action
should go hand in hand with discus
sion. Some projects have been talked
almost to death during the present
season.
OV
Bj the Ex-Ooramitteenuui
Senator William E. Crow, the Re
publican State chairman, who has
been In Philadelphia the last few days
in conference with party leaders, is
bending- all of liis energies to getting
the Republicans united on a general
battle plan for the Keystone State
which will not only roll tip a big ma
jority this Fall, but assure the easy
electton of a Republican Governor
and Legislature in 1918.
It Is no secret that the Democrats,
if they win this Fall's national selec
tion, are planning to make the great
est fight for control of the government
of Pennsylvania in fifty years. Thpy
are counting upon a continuance of
the differences between Republican
leaders in Philadelphia, which some
seem bent upon airing on all occas
ions. to produco such conditions in
next winter's legislature and in the
county and municipal elections of
1917 that the Democrats will be able
to repeat the Pattison elections of
ISS2 and 1890..
Senator Crow, exercising the high
est functions of a chairman, has been
working to allay all feelings. He has
adopted a middle of the road policy
which the Philadelphia North Amer
ican characteristically declares means
that he has deserted Penrose and lined
up with the Vares. The facts arc that
he has refused to make any moves
which could be construed as doing
anything except work for the unifica
tion of the party. He deferred the call
of the State committee until a time
could be found when it would not in
terfere wth visits of national candi
dates or meetings of the State League
of Republican clubs and he is discuss
ing the ctuestion of whether to have
a platform or not, this being pre
eminently a national election vear. He
has also made a call for the Republi
cans of the State to attend the meet
ing of the State League of Clubs at
York and to turn in and work.
| —Chairman Crow yesterday sent a
I letter to all Republican county chair
| men and Republican State committee
j men notifying them of the meeting
or the league at York next week and
urging their attendance. The chair
. man also notified the State candidates
of his expectation to meet them at
York. Senator Crow's letter says in
part: "I feel that the league, as ar
present constituted, is composed of
active, energetic and enthusiastic Re
publicans whose work in the present
campaign will be of great benelit. It
is therefore important that the con
vention should be made as success-1
ful as possible, and the State Commit
tee is anxious that there be a big rep
resentation of leading Republicans
from every section of the State at
lork on the days mentioned. On the
evening of the 26th a mass meeting'
will be held which will be addressed
by Governor Brumbaugh, the State
candidates and other speakers of note.
If it is at all convenient for you to at
tend this convention I would be
pleased to have you do so."
—Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia and
prominent officials and leaders of
Philadelphia will attend the York
meeting.
—Approximately 100,000 voters
registered yesterday in Philadelphia
and possibly 20,000 in Pittsburgh.
—Wails are going up all over the
State from Democratic postmasters and
federal officeholders over the manner
in which they are being asked to
contribute to the war chest of the na
tional committee and also the Demo
cratic State machine in Pennsylvania.
As one man put it plaintivelv "We're
getting it going and coming." It's all
right for the Republican State com
mittee to ask contributions from peo
ple in the State Capitol for the State
organization and it's right for them to
give. But the Republicans end there.
Wish we did."
j —lt is understood that some of the
] Democrats now holding down federal
| jobs who have bucked on giving
"voluntary" contributions have re
| eeived intimations that in the event
of the President's re-election there
; might be some changes in offices.
—The Union League committee to
arrange for the visit of Candidate
Hughes to Philadelphia >'s finding
strong support among Progressives.
The visit will be a notable one and
coming so soon after the notable re
ception which Pittsburgh is planning
for the candidate will show that
Pennsylvania has no time for Wilson
and his policies in spite of the agita
tions of the Windmill.
Return From Plattsburg
"Last night with my kit in a muddle.
Last night as I lay in the rain,
Last night with my head in a puddle,
1 swore i was coming again!"
This is said, on authentic informa
tion from the front, to be the spirit
that dominates the Philadelphians
who, leaving lives of comfort and
relative ease, have hcen undergoing
the primitive army life at Plattsburg
and ha\ e found that as they sloughed
off the superficial accouterments of
civil life there came real enjoyment
and contentment in the heavy army
outfit, despite the hikes and the rigors
cf camp life. To endure hardships
under, strict discipline and to want to
go again is proof positive that the
camp at Plattsburg has a high physi
cal as well as a spiritual value. It
also proves that those who are ready
to sacrifice themselves for their coun
try are not those who have nothing
to lose, as the phrase goes, but those
who have everything to lose in giving
up all professional, public, social and
intellectual activities, all those things
that are supposed to mean so much
to us all, for the camp and the field
under conditions that in actual war
might mean the last brief chapter in
a useful, well-spent life. It is this sort
of thing that has made the Platts
burg movement a yearly lesson in a
patriotism that as its spirit permeates
and leavens the general mass of citi
zenship cannot but be productive of
the greatest good.—Phlla. Ledger.
Brothers and Sisters
Someone mathematically Inclined
has dug up from the recesses of his
or her brain a combination of figures
which strangely enough will tll you
how many living sisters and brothers
you have and also the number of
deaths. If you are skeptical, try it
and see.
Take the number of your living
brothers, multiply by two. add three
multiply by five, add number of living
sisters, multiply by 10, add number of
brothers and sisters not living and
subtract 150 from the result. The
right hand figure will show the num
ber of deaths, the middle figure the
number of living sisters and the left
hand figure the number of living
brothers.
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted to members of
the Harrisburg Rotury Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza
tion's annual "Municipal Qu!z."l
What provision la made for dental In
spection?
The services of a dentist two
hours each school day. A well
equipped dental room in the Stev
ens building.
HARRISBURG TELEGR/JPH
- THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
THE BLACK SPOT HE CANNOT RUB OUT.
1 TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE \ j
—Minnesota hunters cleaned up
$15,000 by killing 1,000 wolves in the
past fifteen months. Think what a
crowd like that would do in Wall I
street.
—How opportune it is for the Presi- ]
dent to display again his remarkable j
talent for letter writing that another j
lot of Americans have been torpedoed
by the Germans, who had promised
that they were through with that
sort of thing.
—Hindenburg suggests that the
Emperor confine himself to speech
making and hospital work. We |
thought hospital work had been one
of the Kaiser's chief talents, judging
from the lists of German wounded.
—The eugenists now advocate the
killing of delicate babies, and if that
works out all right we might apply
the same method to some of the en
genists.
—Elihu Root wants unemployed
lawyers employed on the farms, but
we guess the farmers would have
something to say about that.
EDITORIAL CX)MMENTI
The better the country at large
knows Charles E. Hughes, the man,
the better it likes him.—New York
Sun.
It is remarkable with what ease the
Democrats of Pennsylvania carried
this State at Harrisburg on Wednes
day. But Democrats always carry
Pennsylvania when they get into the
proper atmosphere. Greensburg
Tribune.
Jinks on .Autocrats
Old Jinks is much disgruntled by
things that Hughes is saying:
"I don't like this here praise he gets,
the cheers and the hurraying,
He's right about so many things he
really makes me squirm:
I wonder to myself at times if I'm a
kind o* worm.
"I'm strong for arbitration, but I voted
fiat agin it,
For Woodrow said the time had come
thar warn't nothln' in it.
But Hughes is voicln' what I thought
when, votin' fer that law,
I didn't dare to tell myself the dangers
that I saw.
"We've put ourselves within the grip by
that thar legislation
Of men who may get strong enough to
run our busted nation;
We didn't have no facts at all but pass
ed the law on trust;
I kicked a bit, but what's the use when
Woodrow says you must?
"They're got their kings In Europe,
their employers and princes.
Whose orders are obeyed in full though
every subject winces;
But when I get to bed at night and view
them from afar
It seems to me that Woodrow is more
nervy than they are."
— P. Jones in N. Y. 808.
Keeping Customers After War
We have had prosperity thrust upon
up in the United States. We have done
little, in fact nothing, to deserve It,
except that as the demand for our
goods has come we havo tried to meet
it just as the man behind the counter
in the country store tried to till the
order of the customer In front of the
counter who has dropped into tlu> ntore.
It turns out that we are about tne only
store open in the place anil everybody
In the world comes here if they want
anything. That would be an Ideal thing
in a business way if. it were always
going to last. But It isn't. It is a con
dition which will last only as long as
the war does. After that, other stores
will be opened and they will be run
on the most efficient lines to attract
customers away from us.—The Bache
[Review.
MILITARY SERVICE
VALUE THAN
THE widespread Interest aroused' '
in universal military train-i 1
ing by the woeful failure of the '■
present militia system of the United
States as evinced in the vain call for i
volunteers to serve on the Mexican i
border, finds expression in the fol- 1
lowing article by George E. Cham
berlain, chairman Senate military af
fairs committee, recently published in
Pulitzer's Review:
"There is only one way to create a
sufficient and a thoroughly efficient
reserve to be utilized in case our
country becomes involved in war with
any first-class military power. It can
only be done through universal mili
tary training, and here it is proper
to differentiate between universal 1
military training and universal mili
tary service. To compel the young
men of the country to learn how to
care for themselves in time of war
does not mean that when war comes
they shall be compelled to serve. Ser
vice may depend upon subsequent leg
islation, but universal military train
ing can be put into effect now, and
every young man in the country, be
tween the ages of twelve and twenty
one, can be instructed fully in the du
ties of a soldier.
"It is the most democratic way to
create a reserve to be utilized in case
of emergency. It would compel the
rich and poor alike, the employer and
the employee, to understand that they
owe a duty to their country as a con
sideration for the privileges which
are accorded to them as citizens and
the protection afforded life and prop
erty by the laws of the land. We
must eventually come to universal
military training if we would have a
reserve which can be called upon to
\ olunteer, or, if need be, compelled to
serve when danger is threatened from
without.
"To this system Switzerland is in
debted for the maintenance of its in
tegrity as a republic, surrounded
though it is by warring nations. To
this system Australia looks for pro
tection against the world. To it Am
erica must look for the perpetuity of
its institutions and for the enforce
ment of Just demands against preda
i THE STATE FROM W TO DOT 1
In order to see her way clear to sue
the city of York for injuries to her
eye, Miss Bruggeman made shift to
remove therefrom a large piece of mud.
that found its way from a puddle in
one of the public highways.
Swearing among the policemen of
Reading is to be "passe," as they say
in Ireland. An antiswearing order
has been issued by the mayor, and it
is understood that in place of vent
ing wrath by the use of cuss words,
the men may bite their fingernails
or stamp their feet.
The good old-fashioned bucket bri
gade proved its worth once again at
Painterville when a raging fire was
discovered the other morning in one
of the local stores. Much valuable
property was saved by the quick ac
tion of the hastily organized brigade.
The fluttering of birds over a small
clump of underbrush led to the dis
covery of a suicide's body in the
woods near Bellefonte. The reason for
the shooting was given in a newspaper
account as being "on account of unre
quired love." The reporter evidently
didn't get it "quite" right.
A three-mllllon-dollar lumber con
| cerii in Hunbury has gone into the
i hands of receivers. "How happy they
1 must bo!" exclaims the fair observer
j of.current events.
Two huge pyramids of fruit and
vegetables standing In the main.audi
torium of the Calvary Reformed
church of Reading greeted the con
gregation and marked the harvest
home celebration on Sunday.
SEPTEMBER 20, 1916.
Tory nations who listen only to such
demands when they are backed by
sufficient force.
"Universal military training does not
involve militarism; it does not entour
age it. On the contrary, it is an anti
dote for militarism, in that it culti
vates the patriotic spirit, develops
physical and mental qualities of the
young men, inculcates discipline and
in a democracy creates a protection
against the armed forces of the world.
"More than three months ago Con
gress passed a resolution providing for
the enlistment of 2 0,000 volunteers for
possible use on the Southern border.
Efforts have been made to get re
cruits at all the stations in the Unit
ed States, with the result that not
half of the proposed increase has
been raised.
"What lesson fs to be drawn from
failure to get volunteers at a time
when trouble with Mexico has seemed
imminent? Clearly, if the American
people are to learn anything from
this it is tl)at we must look to a train
ed citizen-soldiery for the nation's de
fence in time of war.
"Aside from the question of the crea
tion of a reserve, compulsory military
training will have a most salutary
effect upon the young men in that it
will develop them physically, even
against their will, at a time in their
lives when physical development is
most essential. It will teach them re
spect for law and order, a most es
sential lesson to be learned by Amer
ican youth. It will instill lessons of
patriotism which, thanks to the lov
ers of peace-at-any-price, has been
waning these latter years; and last,
but not least, it will cultivate the
spirit which animated our forefath
ers when they threw off the British
yoke.
"It will do away with the necessity
of a large standing army in times of
peace. It will cultivate the martial
and patriotic spirit and tend more
than anything else to destroy the so
called military spirit, enabling this
country, like Switzerland, In time of
need, to call upon a trained civilian
force for the protection of its insti
tutions and its life."
I Our Daily Laugh
CUT OV STTASO^
Mr. Just wed—
Dinner seems to
b °H?s te ' Bride -I f j
can't help it. The //a.Vj,
Housewife's Mag- I / U I
azlne says you llj fSb/fm [
should have a mwjwfa
certain number of H\ /V .]\ If SpsS
calories with each / I VUVSI \ ||h >
meal and there j\ j 4\\ H
Isn't a market in qvj A\\ Jigs
town that keeps
them, and I don't
know how to
cook them, any
way.
ICENSORED.
jy Jj mZ Librettist 1
hftve written a
'y' 0 tor a sex-
tette In the sec-
Producer —NB
M IP* on ee* stuff.
— This is goin* to be
GZUxr jiean show,
*
Watching the Experiment
(Easton Free Press)
A few dozen Harrlsburgers are going
to put a million dollars into a new ho
tel in that city, which, it is announced,
will be run without a bar. Speculation
is rife as to whether the new hotel
will be a financial success without a
bar, and the experiment will be watch
ied with no little interest.
Iteming Qllf at |
The Berks and Dauphin turnpike,
whose owning- company Is under Are
before the Public Service Commission
to-day because of the condition of tho
road, Is the second oldest highway In
this part of the State and from soma
testimony prcsentod to-day one of the
worst In spots. The oldest road of the
"spokes" of tho road wheel centering
In Harrisburg, Is that between Middle
town and the State Capital which
dates from before 1735, Lancaster
court records showing that a highway
to Harris Ferry was projected.
was much traveled by tho time of the
French and Indian war. The road to
Lebanon Is believed to have come not
much later and it was a highway for
settlers and others traveling from
Easton to the south byway of the
foothills of the Blue Ridge. Many of
the ancestors of peoplo in tho Cum
berland Valley and in the southern
tier of counties came over the road
which figures In
That it was an important highway is
shown by an entry in the docket of
the first court l\eld in Dauphin county,
the year of its erection from a part of
Lancaster. This record is dated Au
gust, 1785, and refers to a branch laid
out to "The Great Road From Harris
j burg to Hummelstown." In 1816, the
I Herks and Dauphin Turnpike Com
pany came into being and a legislative
report of 1822 tells that it had thirty
four miles completed at an average
cost of $3,800 per mile. The individual
stock subscriptions were $6 3,000 in
round numbers and the State of Penn
sylvania kindly took $28,000 of stock.
Gradually bits of the turnpike have
been freed until there are no toll
gates until after Hummelstown is
passed. It is a State highway and
some day the State will take it over
If it does not condemn it.
* * •
Fall housccleaning time has come
and with it the beating of rugs, the
"cussing" of the man of the house and
increased sales in disinfectants in the
city drugstores. One druggist says
that he never did a hotter business in
moth balls despite their increased
price. In many of the suburban dis
tricts mothers are taking advantage of
the closed schools to put Johnny and
Mabel to work helping with the clean
ing and on many a commons the
small boy can be found grumblingly
beating from tho carpets the dust
which he tracked in during the sum
mer.
• • •
Officials of the Bell Telephone com
pany in this city tell a good story about
a man in an adjoining county who
unconsciously gave the great utility
corporation its place in the life of tire
community in which he resides. Now
it seems that a gentleman in Adams
county was dissatisfied with the way
. some postal matters were being han
dled and wrote to the Postmaster
General abouf it. The man wUs liter
ally without a post office address and
to overcome any difficulty to postmas
ters' chief might have in communlcat
] irig with him, he wrote: "In case you
want to reply to this letter, don't
write. I have no post office address.,
You can call me on the Bell phone."
* • *
, A Harrisburg professional man who
. entered the service recently saved him
| self a lot of annoyance and at the
I I same time passed all requirements as,
.I to his attainments. It seems that
. I when ho forwarded his application he *
. was requested to send his diplomas
5 and certificates of licensure. They
5 were all framed and hung on the
1 walls of his offices. Uncle Sam de
i manded proof. He did not want to
. unframe the parchments so he had a
. notary come around and then read oft
r each paper verbatim and took oath to
r their genuineness and to the fact that
. they were in his office. The assem
blage of Latin and English was then
- solemnly sent to Washington,
t .
3 One of the stunts of a bulldog with
a fine undershot jaw which Is owned
l by a colored resident of the city is to
3 carry a drop pipe. He wears it Just
1 like any man and appears to be rather
i fond of the attention he attracts. He
i will thread the street between automo
- biles and cars and never think of let
- ting go of the pipe and ho will walk
along the street and avoid groups of
- peoplo with tho same care for ap
f pearances. But the other afternoon as
f he was passing the federal building he
t saw two other dogs playing on the
i lawn. The owner had to pick up the
r pipe.
• • •
A'friend calls attention to the fact
- that the name of the hotel or tavern
- which occupied the Grand Opera
• house site, about to bo selected as the
- location for tho new hotel, was called
1 the Mansion House. There was an
• earlier inn on this site, but it was
B soon replaced with the Mansion House
• and was kept by Daniel Wagner. Tho
1 State Capitol hotel was on an opposite
corner of Third and Walnut and was
V next door to the old Exchange. These
' latter sites are now occupied by the
1 federal building lawn,
e
? | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
i
—Dr. G. J. Van Vetchen has been
made the new director of health of
. Scianton.
—The Rev. Guy Marara, of Mauch
Chunk, has returned from Alaska,
| where he spent some time traveling
as a missionary.
—Mayor Charles Rhodes appears to
have succeeded in closing up the
Mountain City on Sundays.
—Dr. Stephen H. Langdon, distin
guished scholar, has translated one
of the Sumerian Inscriptions and says
it tells of the re-establishment of civi
lization after the flood.
T DO YOU KNOW 1
That Harrisburg exports con
siderable silk which is woven on
Second street?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first revival on the site of Har
rlsburg was conducted by Georgt
Whltefield In 1756.
IT'S ALL RIGHT NOW
ny Wing Dinger
Everything Is lovely,
Life is bright and gray.
Has been every minute
! Since last Saturday.
Fondest hope for two years
I did realize.
Nothing now but sunshine
I see In the skies.
Times galore I tried It,
J Times galore I failed;
Times galoro depression
Filled me and I walled.
But success did crown me
x Saturday, when far
From the Jonah hole, I
Sunk the pill for pan